Toodledo Blog: News, Updates and Changes

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May 8, 2013	iOS App Version 3.0.5 Our iOS app has been updated to version 3.0.5. It includes: * Fixed an issue where the Notes section was sometimes not syncing correctly. * Adjusted font sizes based on continued feedback from our users. * Editing Goals and Locations in landscape orientation will work now * Fixed some errors with the "Start Page" feature working with the Notes section * Fixed a bug where the height of a task's note was sometimes too short causing the last line to be hidden. * Fixed a bug were tapping on a subtask and then on it's parent and then editing the parent's note would not work. * Fixed a bug where the "Add Task" button could disappear on iPad's running iOS 5. * Fixed a bug where the date picker was not remembering your preference (calendar or wheels) on iPad. * Fixed a bug where the "No Tag" filter was not checked when enabled * Fixed crash when using a filter in landscape on iOS 5 on the iPhone. More updates on the way soon. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Mar 22, 2013	iOS App Version 3.0.4 : Significant performance improvement Our iOS app has been updated to version 3.0.4. It includes: ✔ Improved performance ✔ Fixed crashes ✔ Fixed bug where the counts that show the number of tasks inside a list where not always being updated. ✔ Fixed bug where archived folders could appear in the iPhone homepage accordion lists. ✔ Fixed bug where quitting the app while displaying the "Due Today" list could load the "Due Tomorrow" list when you relaunch the app. ✔ Adjusted some font and background colors based on continued feedback. ✔ Fixed bug where the keyboard was coming up in the wrong orientation sometimes when the rotation lock was enabled. More updates on the way soon. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Feb 25, 2013	iOS app update - 3.0.2 In December we released our big 3.0 update to our iOS app, where we redesigned the user interface and made many functional improvements. For a complete explanation of what we added please read here. We did a ton of testing on that update. Unfortunately it wasn't enough. We received many valid complaints, so we made the difficult decision to revert to the previous version while we worked out the issues. Today we are releasing the revised update. Please visit the app store and download version 3.0.2 of our iOS app. We are proud of it, and we hope you like it. Here are the main complaints that we got from version 3.0 and what we did about them. 1) The fonts are too small or too big. We went through the entire app, and examined each piece of text. For those pieces of text that were too small, we increased the size to match the smallest text found in Apple's own apps. For each piece of text that was too large (mainly the task title), we decreased the font size to allow more information to fit on screen. We then tested this with several people outside of Toodledo, including people of different ages and eyesight ability to make sure that all our fonts were readable. 2) The colors are too grey or the contrast is too low. Again, we went through the entire app and examined each piece of text with relation to it's color and background. We made the text darker and the background lighter as necessary to boost contrast. We used the industry standard W3C and WCAG 2.0 contrast ratio guidelines to ensure that every piece of important text has a high enough contrast ratio to get AA compliance. To address the "gloomy" feel of the app, we added back the blue toolbars at the top of the page, to match the colors of this website. We also enhanced the colors and contrast between different levels of priority indicators. We took many of the light grey background colors and made them white or near-white to make the app feel brighter. That said, the most important part of a to-do list is your data, and the UI shouldn't distract from this data. The UI should melt into the background, which is why we intentionally do not have lots of color. We will have color themes in a future update for people who want different/extra colors. 3) On the iPhone, the home page accordion rows gets scrambled and behave poorly. The scrambling behavior was a bug related to a combination of settings and circumstances that was difficult to track down, but we finally isolated the bug and fixed it. The other complaint was that it was now a 2 click operation to view the entire list of folders instead of the 1 click that it was before. We added a blue disclosure button for each group so you can tap it (1 click) to see the entire list, or tap the row to do the accordion action to quickly see the most recently used items. 4) After upgrading, the entire app is empty. This was a bug caused by an incorrect migration of data when someone was skipping several versions of the app during an upgrade. If you upgraded from the last version to the new version, it would work fine, but if you upgraded from 3 versions back to the newest version, it was not working. This is now fixed. 5) When viewing a list, there are too many "no due-date", and "no folder" labels cluttering the screen. We redesigned the way that rows are displayed. If a task has no value for a piece of information, it will display a blank spot instead of "No folder". This makes the list visually less cluttered and improves readability quite a bit. As an additional improvement, if a task has no values for all of the labels below the title, we shrink the row's height to give even more space for showing more data. We also decreased the average height of each row so more tasks can fit on the screen at once. 6) The iPad popups are too slow. Checking off a task has a delay. The iPad popups have been optimized so they will open much faster now. Checking off tasks has also been optimized. If you have "Sync on edit" enabled, it can still be a little slow if you check off multiple tasks in quick succession and we are working on optimizing this as well for a future update. 7) The Notebook section on the iPhone looked and behaved differently than the task section. We redesigned the Notebook homepage to look and behave exactly like the Task home page so that there is more consistency with the design. We also fixed a number of other smaller issues. We know that the previous update was very disappointing to many of you and that we failed to deliver a quality product. We hope that this revised update will receive a warmer reception. We will continue to make refinements and improvements to the app as quickly as we can and we welcome constructive comments and suggestions in our forums and via support tickets. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Jan 30, 2013	Direct Credit Card Payments Toodledo can now process credit card transactions directly, without leaving our website. Prior to today, we had only accepted credit card payments via PayPal or Google Wallet, but in most cases it required you to make an account at one of those providers. If you had been holding out on purchasing a subscription because you didn't want to make a PayPal or Google Wallet account, you don't have to anymore.
Dec 26, 2012	2012 In Review This has been a big year for us. On the company side, we have moved into a new larger office and doubled our workforce. This will give us a lot more momentum in 2013. Look for some exciting things early next year. In the meantime, here is a list of the amazing things we accomplished this year: Reliability We were able to maintain an uptime record of 100% for the year. We did not experience any downtime or any notable problems with our infrastructure. See Pingdom for more info. Main Website Perhaps our number one request: Joint tasks! You can now use our collaboration tools to create a task that appears on multiple people's lists simultaneously and any of them can edit or complete it. Toodledo now has a Bookmarklet, which is like a mini browser plugin that allows you to quickly add a task from any webpage you happen to be on. Also: 1) Enhanced forum searching. 2) Keyboard shortcuts for the notebook section. 3) Improved security of password reset mechanism. 4) If you refer someone to Toodledo, but forget to have them use the special referral link, you can still get credit after the fact. 5) For Pro Plus users, the File Attachment page was enhanced with a count of the number of tasks with each file, and a way to see those tasks. You can also now search for tasks with or without files. 6) We doubled the amount of file storage. 7) Facebook and Twitter integration: You can now tell your followers about your Toodledo accomplishments. 8) Ability to sort tags alphabetically. 9) The notebook section now has a button to timestamp entries into the notebook. 10) Redesigned collaboration page to be easier to setup and understand. 11) Fancy Interactive Graphs. 12) Added a page in settings where you can see a record of the past alarms that have been sent on your account 13) Our Email Importer tool was improved to support European dates, clipping signatures and blank subjects. 14) Private folders, contexts and goals are now visually marked as such. 15) The notebook section can have a default view now. 16) Improved payment system, which now allows you to make multiple purchases at once. 17) New tutorial videos to help new users get introduced to Toodledo. Mobile Website We released a brand new mobile website at m.toodledo.com. It provides offline support and works in all the major desktop and mobile browsers. It provides access to tasks and notebook entries and has many of the features that you would expect (sorting, searching, filtering, editing folders, timers, etc...) This product is still technically in beta, but we have made many improvements to it throughout the year, and we expect to take the "Beta" label off of it soon. iOS app (link) 1) Can now reassign tasks to your collaborators. 2) You can now promote a subtask to a regular task. 3) iOS6 and iPhone 5 compatibility. 4) Syncing with Reminders app with Siri support. 5) Support for the timer. 6) You can tweet your accomplishments. 7) Search now looks in the note text. 8) Retina graphics for iPad. 9) Unique sound for date vs location alarms. 10) Added 30 high quality alarm sounds available for in app purchase. 11) Sync log is now viewable so you can see a record of what was synced. 12) List dividers can be toggled open/closed and show the number of tasks inside. 13) If a task has an alarm, the details page will now show exactly when that alarm will happen. And for those of you who upgrade quickly, you saw a preview of our new redesigned user interface. We released this with version 3.0 but then quickly reverted back to the old interface because we received a number of complaints about certain aspects of the design. We plan to fix these things and then reintroduce the new design early in 2013. Overall In addition to above, we fixed a number of bugs and smaller improvements across all of our products. We appreciate all the support and suggestions that we have received from everyone. We are striving to make Toodledo the best productivity tool on the internet, and we have big plans for 2013 and beyond. Thanks to everyone for making Toodledo a success. Happy New Year!
Dec 20, 2012	4 Pro features now for free As a gift to all of our loyal users, we have decided to take some features that were previously available only to Pro Subscribers and make them available to everyone for free. 1) Free users will no longer be limited to having 5 locations. Everyone can now have up to 100 locations to track where their tasks can be done. 2) All users will now have access to Goal Chains to help you track progress on your important goals. This would be a great time to setup your New Year's Resolutions and use goal chains to help you keep them. 3) The Foldable Booklet can now be used by anyone to make customized booklets that you can print out, fold up and take with you. 4) The Account Activity page now shows the complete history for everyone, so that you can see what/who is accessing your account. Happy Holidays from Toodledo!
Dec 13, 2012	Toodledo Intro video We have just made two introductory videos for getting started with Toodledo. We hope that this will help new users get quickly acquainted with the basics of Toodledo. Please share with your friends, and don't forget to use our Referral Program to get credit for your referrals. Video 1 covers adding, editing, completing and sorting tasks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4zqFp_R-i8 Video 2 covers filters, searching and drilling into views: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wypCZC75doA
Dec 11, 2012	Toodledo for iOS downgraded We received a lot of complaints about our 3.0 update to our iOS app, so we made the decision to reverse everyone to the previous version while we regroup and figure out what went wrong. This is available now as an upgrade. If you like the new design, don't upgrade and you can keep it. App Store If you have given us a poor review on the App Store, please consider changing your review to reflect the current state of the app. Negative reviews are tremendously hurtful to our app revenue, which means less resources to keep improving it. Good reviews really do help. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release.
Nov 29, 2012	iOS app update: Version 3.0 includes over 100 improvements. Our iOS app has just received our biggest update ever. Toodledo 3.0 features a totally redesigned interface with emphasis on efficiency and cleanliness. ✔ iPhone Only: Home page has a new accordion style list that expands and contracts to show the most recently used groups. This makes it much faster to drill into lists. For example, an important folder or tasks due today. ✔ iPad Only: There is now a shortcut tray on the left side that allows you to quickly drill into any list. You no longer need to press the back button 3 or 4 times to get into a different list. Just tap and go. ✔ Slim toolbar above each list now shows exactly how your list is sorted and gives quick access to sorting by up to three different criteria at the same time. ✔ New "Quick Add" toolbar. Swipe down on any list to reveal the quick add box. Type and press enter to add a task and then immediately keep typing to add another. Type, enter, type, enter, type, enter. Add multiple tasks quickly. ✔ Filters have been made easier to understand and quicker to use. You can now turn all filters on and off with one switch so you can quickly view your entire list and then apply your filters to hide the unimportant tasks. Tag and context filters have been redesigned to be easier to use and can also be turned on/off with one click. ✔ Lists now show more data in a smarter way, by hiding redundant information and showing more details. ✔ Priority is now indicated visually with a color coded badge in the corner of every task. ✔ Task notes are now visible without scrolling, with a new interface that makes it easy to expand and collapse the note. Notes can be edited by tapping directly on them. Simple HTML formatting can be done. Phone numbers in notes can be clicked to call, and links can be clicked to open your web browser. ✔ You can now add a new subtask directly from the parent's details screen. ✔ Notebook section has been redesigned for more efficient use of space. ✔ Notebook section also gets the improvements from the task section: Quick add, redesigned sort toolbar, tap to edit, and HTML formatted notes. ✔ Numerous behind the scenes improvements, optimizations and bug fixes. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Sep 20, 2012	Toodledo is iOS 6 and iPhone 5 compatible Our iOS app has been updated with the following improvements. ✔ iOS 6 compatibility update ✔ iPhone 5 support ✔ You can now import tasks from Apple's Reminders app and add tasks with your voice using Siri. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Aug 30, 2012	New Payment System Today we are releasing our new shopping cart system for purchasing Toodledo subscriptions. You can now purchase multiple subscriptions with one purchase. This has been requested a number of times by companies that want to purchase 10 or more subscriptions for the entire team. Now, it can be easily done with one transaction. It is now much easier to purchase a subscription for someone else. Also, You can now extend your subscription by multiple years with one purchase. This may not be an exciting update to most people, but these are requests that we have gotten, and it will make it easier for people to support our service.
Aug 28, 2012	Add a task from anywhere with our Bookmarklet Toodledo now has a Bookmarklet, which is like a mini browser plugin that allows you to quickly add a task from any webpage you happen to be on. You don't have to switch back to Toodledo. It even includes the URL of the page you are on in the task's note. This is a great way to flag a webpage for later action. For example, suppose you found a nice article that you want to read, but you don't have time right now. Just click the bookmarklet and add the task to Toodledo. Later, when you have time, click the link in your Toodledo task and go back to read that article. Or, suppose you are reading an email in Gmail that you want to act on later. Just click the bookmarklet and add it to your Toodledo list. Then when you want to return to that email, click the link inside the task on Toodledo and you'll be right back in the email. The bookmarklet also has a way to quickly view your tasks from anywhere. Just activate the bookmarklet and click the "View tasks" button. A small popup window will appear with our mobile website loaded inside for quick access to your to-do list while browsing the internet. The bookmarklet is compatible with all major web browsers and can be installed in seconds. You can find it in our "Tools" section at the top of the page in the "More" section. Bookmarklet
Jul 25, 2012	iOS App Version 2.3 : Reassignment and subtask improvements This is a small update to our iOS app that add two improvements for Pro subscribers. More updates on the way soon. ✔ You can now reassign tasks to your collaborators when syncing with a Toodledo Pro account. To access, click on the Action menu when viewing a task. ✔ If you use subtasks via a Toodledo Pro account, you can now promote subtasks to regular tasks. To access, click on the Action menu when viewing a task. App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.
Jul 2, 2012	Collaboration Improvements With today's update to collaboration, you can now create joint tasks that appear on multiple people's lists at the same time. Toodledo was originally invented to be a personal task manager. Collaboration wasn't even an idea in our heads when we started. As such, Toodledo was originally designed to have a one-to-many relationship between people and tasks. A person could have multiple tasks, but a task could not have multiple people. This design decision permeated every aspect of Toodledo all the way from the database through the website and into our iPhone app and even 3rd party apps built atop Toodledo. Changing the task model to a many-to-many relationship was not a trivial task. Almost every part of Toodledo needed to be heavily modified and extreme care had to be taken to avoid breaking any existing 3rd party tools. An analogy would be if you had a horse drawn carriage and wanted to add AC. You need electricity to run the AC, and you need an engine to make the electricity and you need a gas tank to power the engine. So, to add an AC you need to first add a gas tank. For the last two years we've been adding a lot of gas tanks. We've taken some detours, but we have never lost sight of the finish line. Today we are proud to release Toodledo's first iteration of a many-to-many task sharing feature. There are now two types of private sharing. We have Workspaces which allow you to switch into someone else's list and manage their tasks (with permission, of course). This is what we had before, and it remains unchanged. The new, second type of private sharing is being called Joint Tasks and it allows the same task to appear on multiple people's lists at the same time. Any of the collaborators can manage the joint task and changes will be reflected on everyone's list. For each of your collaborators, you can customize how you can to share your tasks. For more details, please read our updated sharing documentation. The core functionality of joint tasks is now in place, but this is only the first step. We plan to expand on this in future updates. We want to enable sharing in our iOS app, and via our API so that 3rd party apps can integrate with Toodledo collaboration. We also plan to make it possible to make joint folders and other ways to more easily share tasks and collaborate on projects. We have also squeezed in a few smaller changes to today's update. 1) If you try to close the page when you are in the middle of editing a note, it will now prompt you to save the note before you leave to prevent you from losing your changes. 2) Task length can now be 2 decimal places long, so you can enter times such as ".25 hours" instead of "15 mins" 3) Evernote links in task notes will now be clickable. 4) When sorting your list by date added/modified/completed in reverse, the date added/modified/completed column will be displayed 5) Bug fixes
Jun 8, 2012	Notebook Default View A quick little update before the weekend. The Notebook section can now have a default view. Since there are only two views right now (Main and Folder), this essentially means that you can have it go to the folder view instead of the main view if you want. You can adjust this in your account settings. We have also fixed a bug with the goal page that was causing the & character to not display correctly. We have also made it a little more difficult for robot spammers to post to our forums. A few smaller bugs were fixed as well. I know that there haven't been many big updates recently. 90% of our time this year has been going towards one feature. We are nearing the finish line on one of the toughest improvements that we have ever worked on. Stay tuned...(maybe 1 more month).
Jun 4, 2012	iOS App Update: Collapsable dividers Apple has just approved our latest update (version 2.2.1) to our popular iOS App. Here is what is new: ✔ List dividers can now be collapsed and expanded by tapping on them. ✔ List dividers show the number of tasks inside each section. ✔ If a task has an alarm, the task details screen will now show when the alarm will happen. ✔ If you have modified a note and press the cancel button by accident, it will warn you that you are about to lose your changes. ✔ The sync log is now more verbose ✔ Languages with right to left writing (Hebrew) will now be displayed correctly ✔ Bug fixes App Store If Toodledo helps you be more productive, please consider giving us a rating/review in the iTunes App Store. Even if you have rated us before, you can rate us again with each new update that we release. It really does help us to have good ratings.

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